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A group of girls plays outside after their first Communion Mass
September 29, 2022

First Communion

Half of Latinos in the United States identify as Roman Catholic—including this group of girls playing outside after their first Communion Mass in La Puente, California. The image was taken for a story in the July 2018 issue on Latinos in the U.S.
Photograph by Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky, Nat Geo Image Collection

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